The town of Carrboro sponsored the 29th biannual CD and Record Show on Nov. 7, hosting approximately 30 vendors selling CDs, records, cassettes and music memorabilia.
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UNC graduate 21-year-old Chris Suggs won a seat on the Kinston City Council on Nov. 2, per unofficial results, making him one of the youngest elected officials in North Carolina. When he was 14 years old, Suggs founded a nonprofit called Kinston Teens, an organization which attempts to empower teens through service, leadership and engagement with the community. Suggs said he will be sworn in early next month and that he is excited to get to work with the Kinston City Council.
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Artists from as far as Connecticut traveled to Hillsborough to display artwork depicting landscapes and landmarks in Orange County for the fifth annual Paint it Orange Plein Air Paint-Out and Wet Paint Sale, which was held from Nov. 3 to Nov. 5.
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N.C. Sen. Jeff Jackson, former N.C. Sen. Erica Smith, pastor Tobias LaGrone, The Science Policy Action Network, Inc. founder and CEO Richard Watkins and Department of Defense public servant Jen Banwart will speak at the town hall on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in Chapman Hall, room 201.
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According to the Orange County Board of Elections, 6,863 voters took advantage of early voting this year. This was a jump from 2019, where only 4,293 votes arrived before Election Day.
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Carrboro Town Council member Damon Seils is projected to become the next mayor of Carrboro according to unofficial results, defeating Carrboro restaurateur and photographer Michael Benson.
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Danny Nowell and incumbents Barbara Foushee and Randee Haven-O’Donnell are projected to win seats on the Carrboro Town Council, according to unofficial results. Council member Jacquelyn Gist and newcomer Aja Kelleher did not receive enough votes to secure a seat on the council for the upcoming term.
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Incumbent Pam Hemminger has won reelection for her fourth term as mayor of Chapel Hill based on unofficial results. She defeated Chapel Hill Town Council member Hongbin Gu and UNC law student Zachary Boyce for the position.
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Paris Miller-Foushee, Karen Stegman, Camille Berry and Adam Searing are projected to win seats on the Chapel Hill Town Council, according to unofficial results.
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The site is home to the former all-white girls Burwell School, which still stands in historic downtown Hillsborough. In recent years, historic commissions have worked to add more context about the lives of Black enslaved and free people who lived and worked at the school.
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Carrboro Fire Chief David Schmidt said the fire was suspicious because it was traced to a trash can in a bathroom stall where there was no heat source. The Carrboro Police Department worked to investigate the cause, which led them to identify the student.
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Got To Be NC, an initiative run by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, had a pavilion at the 2021 N.C. State Fair, which ran from Oct. 14 to Oct. 24.
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According to the 35-day disclosure report, Pruitt, who is a registered Republican, has raised about $14,000 for her campaign, which is nearly seven times greater than the next-highest fundraiser.
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The Carrboro Town Council voted to move ahead with plans for The 203 Project despite a projected budget increase. The building, which will become home to WCOM Radio, the Orange County Skills Development Center and Orange County Southern Branch Library, is expected to open to the public in 2023.
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The Town of Chapel Hill will not be preemptively closing any roads this year for Halloween and has advised against attending the famous Franklin Street Halloween celebration.
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Gov. Roy Cooper announced the investment of $805 million in the state's early child care and learning programs in early October.
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The road on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard has been closed between Longview Street and Hillsborough Street due to a gas leak, according to a tweet from Chapel Hill police.
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N.C. Sen. Ben Clark, D-Cumberland, Hoke, recently revealed a draft of his new proposed design for North Carolina’s congressional map.
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On Sept. 7, The News & Observer published an article about Chapel Hill Town Council candidate Vimala Rajendran’s husband, Rush Greenslade, and his status as a registered sex offender. Since the news broke, Greenslade’s status as a registered sex offender has become a major topic of discussion surrounding Rajendran’s campaign.
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House Bill 951, signed by Gov. Roy Cooper earlier this month following bipartisan approval, seeks to lower the state’s carbon emissions while maintaining low costs for consumers. The bill sets two goals for decreasing emissions: a 70 percent reduction in 2015 emissions levels by 2030 and becoming completely carbon neutral by 2050.
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